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Tea or Coffee?

Can a small change make big differences? I’m trying the switch from coffee (lattes, usually) to tea, and I think it might.

I have been spending $20-30 a week on coffee, so it should mean saving money. I’ll be getting fewer liquid calories, so it should help my diet. It’s lower in caffeine, and has theanine, so it may help me be calm and sleep better.

My hope is that this little change will help tip the balance, on emotional scales that have been rocked too much lately by added stress. I’ll report back once I’ve had a chance to confirm, but it already seems to be working.

Why?

In the Fourth Century BCE, the Athenian Philosopher Epicurus taught that the best measures of good and evil in our lives are whether what we want or fear brings us pain, or whether what we have and appreciate gives us pleasure.

I'm honestly not as wise as all that, despite knowing he was right. Still, I'm going to be writing about my life, as seen from the principles he teaches us, in an attempt to become wiser. Let's see how this goes.